Difference between revisions of "Post-scarcity/More post-scarcity thinking"
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:<small>''"It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth at a 'higher standard of living than any have ever known.' It no longer has to be you or me. Selfishness is unnecessary and henceforth unrationalizable as mandated by survival."''</small> | :<small>''"It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth at a 'higher standard of living than any have ever known.' It no longer has to be you or me. Selfishness is unnecessary and henceforth unrationalizable as mandated by survival."''</small> | ||
| − | * {{wp|K._Eric_Drexler|'''Eric Drexler'''}} - Author of ''[http://www.e-drexler.com/d/06/00/EOC/EOC_Table_of_Contents.html Engines of Creation]'' <small>(2007 update [http://www.wowio.com/users/product.asp?BookId=503 here])</small> and prophet of [[Advanced automation/Nanotechnology|molecular nanotechnology]]. He describes {{wp|Molecular_assembler|molecular assemblers}} as "engines of abundance". NB: advanced molecular nanotechnology is not actually required to realise post-scarcity which can be based on macro-scale technology that exists already. | + | * {{wp|K._Eric_Drexler|'''Eric Drexler'''}} - Author of ''[http://www.e-drexler.com/d/06/00/EOC/EOC_Table_of_Contents.html Engines of Creation]'' <small>(2007 update [http://www.wowio.com/users/product.asp?BookId=503 here])</small> and prophet of [[Advanced automation/Nanotechnology|molecular nanotechnology]]. He describes {{wp|Molecular_assembler|molecular assemblers}} as "engines of abundance". (NB: advanced molecular nanotechnology is not actually required to realise post-scarcity which can be based on macro-scale technology that exists already.) |
* {{wp|John_McCarthy_%28computer_scientist%29|'''John McCarthy'''}} - Prominent computer scientist. He has some interesting information on his website about the [http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress sustainability of human progress]. | * {{wp|John_McCarthy_%28computer_scientist%29|'''John McCarthy'''}} - Prominent computer scientist. He has some interesting information on his website about the [http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress sustainability of human progress]. | ||
Revision as of 23:40, 11 January 2010
- Jacque Fresco
- The Venus Project. Visionary designer and engineer. See also Future by Design which is a documentary film about Jacque. He is an advocate of a 'Resource-based economy'.
- Buckminster Fuller - Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI.org). Visionary designer and engineer.
- "It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth at a 'higher standard of living than any have ever known.' It no longer has to be you or me. Selfishness is unnecessary and henceforth unrationalizable as mandated by survival."
- Eric Drexler - Author of Engines of Creation (2007 update here) and prophet of molecular nanotechnology. He describes molecular assemblers as "engines of abundance". (NB: advanced molecular nanotechnology is not actually required to realise post-scarcity which can be based on macro-scale technology that exists already.)
- John McCarthy - Prominent computer scientist. He has some interesting information on his website about the sustainability of human progress.
- Marshall Brain - the 'Australia project' in the story of Manna. Marshall is the founder of HowStuffWorks.com
- Marshall T. Savage - Author of The Millenial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in eight easy steps. Many abundance concepts covered using known technology in this interesting take on the steps required to feasibly colonise space
- Robert Levin - Agalmics, an essay on the marginalization of scarcity
